When I started this December challenge of drawing something from imagination every day, I made two 14-page sketchbooks especially for this month. This drawing is the last page of the first of those folded books. Don´t know who it is, I just drew this face as an excuse to play with patterns and colour.
I thought I´d show you what the sketchbook itself looks like:
And, if you unfold it (it´s made by one single big sheet of paper), it looks like this:
I´ve been thinking that this would be a great way to fold, say, a watercolour paper if you´d like to make a bunch of smaller paintings during a journey, for example. It makes a sketchbook that´s easy to carry around, has fourteen pages, and when you unfold it, the paper is painted only on one side - i.e. you could easily cut loose the single paintings and frame them or send them as postcards or just... fold paper planes with them or whatever. :)
15 x 20,5 (x a bunch, to get the size of the large sheet of paper...), pencil and watercolour on drawing paper.
12 comments:
This is a great idea. I have a pattern for folding a sheet of paper like this. I'm going to look for it now. Thanks for sharing this.
Wow, this is clever! I've been enjoying your imagination drawings, too.
Ooooo - I LOVE seeing all the pages at once like that. Simply marvelous. and a great idea to boot.
Wonderful watercolors with imagination images all December!
Thanks for all the inspiration you have given this year.
Kind regards Inger C
Det är så härligt att se dina bilder!
Nina, this is beautiful!
Do you have folding and cutting instructions that you could share with us?
yes, I second the motion to ask you to share the cutting and folding instructions! And thanks for the inspiration. I too need to draw more from imagination. I seriously lack in that department!
Love the checkerface lady...and yes, your sketchbook format is cool!
Like all the others have already said...this is SUCH a great idea. I am always struggling with the fact that I love having a sketchbook but would sometimes like to have a more "finished" piece of art out of it.
This really settles that dilema.
I absolutely love this, both the way it turned out and the concept behind it! I too would greatly appreciate directions for folding/cutting if you're willing. I love your unique style and creative imagination. I haven't been by in awhile and plan to go back through your archives and catch up later today.
OK, I figured out the cutting and folding (duh, definitely not rocket science!). And it looks like your finished size is about 6" x 8" if I'm doing the conversion right from cm. This is so exciting. It's exactly the right size and I love the way it turns out. I just got a shipment of watercolor paper and I'm going to make some of these today. Oh...one question: How did you bind them? It looks like it would be easy enough to staple or just punch two holes and tie with twine.
Me again...isn't that 16 pages? I just made one, but can't figure out how you ended up with 14 (unless you have 3 sets of 4 (12) plus the cover to equal 14? I used 140 pound hot press paper and I think it's too thick. Next time I'll try 90 pound.
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